Abbey, J.R.

SCENERY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND IN AQUATINT AND LITHOGRAPHY 1770-1860. With LIFE IN ENGLAND. With TRAVEL.

4 volumes, complete set.
Folkestone: Dawsons of Pall Mall, 1972. 4to. cloth. xx, 399; xxi, 428; xiii, 300; xiii, 301-675 pages. 4 volumes, complete set. Reprint of the first editions. Filled with bibliographical descriptions of the color plate books published in England during this period and containing many plates in color. Lacking the dust jackets. Some spotting and rubbing to spines. Very good. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about SCENERY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND IN AQUATINT AND LITHOGRAPHY 1770-1860. With LIFE IN ENGLAND....

Price: $600.00  other currencies  Order nr. 25180

Adams, Thomas R.

NON-CARTOGRAPHICAL MARITIME WORKS PUBLISHED BY MOUNT AND PAGE, A PRELIMINARY HANDLIST.

London: The Bibliographical Society, 1985. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xiv, 54 pages. Study of this English publisher and their productions from the 17th century to the later part of the 18th century. Corners bent. READ MORE about NON-CARTOGRAPHICAL MARITIME WORKS PUBLISHED BY MOUNT AND PAGE, A PRELIMINARY HANDLIST

Price: $6.00  other currencies  Order nr. 33088

(Agriculture).

CATALOGUE OF THE WALTER FRANK PERKINS AGRICULTURAL LIBRARY.

Southampton: The Southampton University Library, 1961. 8vo. cloth. (i), xii, 291+(1) pages. One of a limited 500 copies. Bibliographical catalogue of the holdings of the Southampton Agricultural University Library. Over 2000 entries. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Some shelfwear to the head and heel of spine. Minor breaking at hinge of spine and front board. Light aging to text pages. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE WALTER FRANK PERKINS AGRICULTURAL LIBRARY

Price: $55.00  other currencies  Order nr. 99359

(Alcuin Press). Aesop; L'Estrange, Sir Roger (trans.).

TWENTY FOUR FABLES OF AESOP AND OTHER EMINENT MYTHOLOGISTS, AS RENDERED INTO ENGLISH BY SIR ROGER L'ESTRANGE, KNIGHT, WITH ILLUSTRATIONS AFTER THE ETCHINGS OF MARCUS GHEERAERTS THE ELDER.

London: Ernest Benn Limited, 1928. small 4to. full brown leather, the front cover gilt with a rich design of crowned A's, with ornamental center and corners, gilt leather turn-ins, all edges gilt, crimson moire satin endpapers. (12) pages. Limited to 50 numbered copies printed by the Alcuin Press on handmade paper. Small dampstain on outer margin of first few pages. Spine lightly faded. Slipcase slightly cracked. Else a lovely copy in a lovely signed binding..... READ MORE about TWENTY FOUR FABLES OF AESOP AND OTHER EMINENT MYTHOLOGISTS, AS RENDERED INTO ENGLISH BY SIR ROGER...

Price: $1,500.00  other currencies  Order nr. 137079

(Allingham, William). Lasner, Mark Samuels.

WILLIAM ALLINGHAM, A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL STUDY.

Philadelphia: Holmes Publishing Co., 1993. 8vo. unbound signatures. 88 pages. First edition, a set of unbound signatures. This book is the revised and illustrated bibliographical study of this English poet and man of letters. Included is a lengthy introductory comment on Allingham and his works, along with full collations of his first editions, a section of illustrations, and an index. Distributed for Holmes Publishing Co. READ MORE about WILLIAM ALLINGHAM, A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL STUDY

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 54057

Allison, A.F. & D.M. Rogers.

THE CONTEMPORARY PRINTED LITERATURE OF THE ENGLISH COUNTER-REFORMATION BETWEEN 1558 AND 1640.

Volume I: Works in languages other than English
(Hampshire, England): Scholar Press, (1989). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xxviii, 291+(1) pages. Volume I: Works in languages other than English. First volume of the catalogue, which contains books linked to specific English writers or institutions. Each entry includes the author, title, subject-matter, date, place of origin, locations of up to fifteen copies, and notes about the work's publication. Collector-librarian Decherd Turner's bookplate on front paste-down endpaper. Several indexes included at the end of the text..... READ MORE about THE CONTEMPORARY PRINTED LITERATURE OF THE ENGLISH COUNTER-REFORMATION BETWEEN 1558 AND 1640

Price: $125.00  other currencies  Order nr. 93361

Alston, R.C.

HANDLIST OF LIBRARY CATALOGUES AND LISTS OF BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS IN THE BRITISH LIBRARY DEPARTMENT OF MANUSCRIPTS.

London: The Bibliographical Society, 1991. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. iv, 87 pages. Occasional Papers No.6. A handlist of this collection, with dates and a short description of the contents of each entry. Combined author/subject index. Distributed for the Bibliographical Society. READ MORE about HANDLIST OF LIBRARY CATALOGUES AND LISTS OF BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS IN THE BRITISH LIBRARY...

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 60383

(Americana). 625.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, A SELECTION OF TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY BOOKS.

London: Maggs Bros. (1936). 8vo. paper wrappers. 64 pages. Catalogue no. 625. Illustrated. Bumped at top. READ MORE about UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, A SELECTION OF TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY BOOKS

Price: $12.00  other currencies  Order nr. 14500

(Americana). Reese, William S.

CREATING AMERICA.

New Haven: Yale University Library, (1992). small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 112 pages. An exhibition catalogue of the collection from Yale University's Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Covers show uneven soiling, else a very good copy. Creating American was exhibited in 1992 and traced two distinct but overlapping aspects of North American history. Includes many color and black-and-white illustrations. Indexed. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included..... READ MORE about CREATING AMERICA

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 56651

Amory, Hugh (editor).

SALE CATALOGUES OF LIBRARIES OF EMINENT PERSONS. VOLUME7 POETS AND MEN OF LETTERS.

London: Mansell, (1972). small thick 4to. cloth. vii, 246 pages. First edition. Reproduces the sales catalogues of Francis Atterbury, Lady Mary Wortley Montau, David Mallet, Henry Fielding, Hugh Blair and Oliver Goldsmith. READ MORE about SALE CATALOGUES OF LIBRARIES OF EMINENT PERSONS. VOLUME7 POETS AND MEN OF LETTERS

Price: $45.00  other currencies  Order nr. 97344

Anderson, John P.

THE BOOK OF BRITISH TOPOGRAPHY.

Ardsley: EP Publishing Ltd., 1976. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xx, 472 pages. A reprint of the 1881 first edition with a new introduction by professor Jack Simmons of the University of Leicester. An extensive list of topographical works including a lengthy chapter on the general topography of Great Britain with additional chapters on Wales, Scotland, and Ireland. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Spine of jacket faded. READ MORE about THE BOOK OF BRITISH TOPOGRAPHY

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 97972

(Angling). Manley, J.J.

LITERATURE OF SEA & RIVER FISHING.

(Mansfield Centre: Martino Publishing, 2001). 8vo. cloth. vi, (ii), 160 pages. Facsimile reprint of edition first printed in London by William Clowes in 1883. (Besterman 2206). A scarce title, this bibliography of sea and river fishing describes 500 works with some discussion of each title. Divided into chapters which include The Bibliography of Fishing Literature-Catalogues etc.; Authors on the Sea and River Fishing before the Introduction of Printing; Authors on the Sea and River Fishing..... READ MORE about LITERATURE OF SEA & RIVER FISHING

Price: $55.00  other currencies  Order nr. 69596